RELATED TO VENN YOUNG - HOMOSEXUAL LAW REFORM IN NEW ZEALAND
Events
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16 November 1869
Hamiora Pere executed for treason
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17 May 1922
Catholic Bishop found not guilty of sedition
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3 May 1929
Controversial ex-mayor killed in Berlin riots
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16 April 1973
Arthur Allan Thomas convicted of Crewe murders for a second time
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27 August 1911
Pawelka's last prison break
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18 August 1955
20-year old hanged for murder
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28 May 1920
Fingerprints help convict murderer
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19 May 1987
Attempted hijacking in Fiji foiled
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13 May 1936
NZ National Party founded
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26 November 1960
'Kiwi Keith' begins 12-year reign as PM
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1 September 1987
New Zealander sentenced to death in Malaysia
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9 July 1986
Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed
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17 September 1941
Death penalty abolished ... for the time being
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30 November 1949
Election of first National government
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24 September 1905
Race killing in Haining St, Wellington
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27 September 1974
William Sutch charged with spying
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5 October 1866
Maungatapu murderers hanged in Nelson
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8 October 1941
Stan Graham runs amok on West Coast
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14 October 1979
'Mr Asia' found murdered
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20 October 1941
Fugitive Stan Graham shot by police
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7 December 1963
Bassett Road machine-gun murders
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13 June 1866
Murder on the Maungatapu track
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16 June 1923
Baby-farmer Daniel Cooper hanged
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18 June 1895
Minnie Dean goes on trial
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22 June 1954
Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch
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28 August 1954
'Heavenly Creatures' found guilty of murder
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29 December 1880
Tuhiata hanged for murder of Mary Dobie
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13 November 1990
David Gray kills 13 at Aramoana
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20 November 1841
Mass murder in the Bay of Islands
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4 March 1855
Legendary sheep rustler James Mackenzie caught
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7 March 1842
First official execution in NZ
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27 March 1984
Trades Hall bombing
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15 May 1920
Whanganui mayor shoots poet
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12 August 1895
Baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged
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18 April 1847
Gilfillan killings near Whanganui
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17 May 1962
George Wilder escapes from prison
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31 May 1975
Mona Blades vanishes
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